Topic: Energy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A hot and exceptionally dry summer has disrupted Europe's nuclear power plants, prompting governments to take extraordinary measures to keep energy supplies running.
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[2026-08-12 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Libya was plunged into fresh turmoil this week after a car bomb killed eastern military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, drone attacks struck the country’s largest operational oil refinery and the central bank governor resigned from his post.
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[2026-08-12 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan has introduced fuel rationing and an odd-even license plate system at gas stations, following a Ukrainian drone attack on a local oil refinery.
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[2026-08-12 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Russia and Europe on Wednesday, with the Moon set to completely block the Sun in some areas and obscure much of it across a wider region.
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[2026-08-12 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Russia and Europe on Wednesday, with the Moon set to completely block the Sun in some areas and obscure much of it across a wider region.
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[2026-08-12 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nigel Farage hasn’t always been fond of the United Arab Emirates: Writing in The Telegraph on 15 December 2023 in opposition to a bid by the oil-rich Gulf state to take over the newspaper, he didn’t mince words.
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[2026-08-12 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Night will fall on Europe’s power system a little early on Wednesday evening, as an eclipse is set to block solar generation across parts of the continent.
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[2026-08-12 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A one-way explosive drone destroyed an electricity substation near Zawiya in western Libya early on Wednesday, cutting off supply to wide areas south of the city, the national power company said.
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[2026-08-12 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun plans to meet with Bill Gates, founder and chairman of U.S. nuclear energy firm TerraPower, in Seoul later this week to discuss ways to deepen cooperation in small modular reactors (SMRs), industry sources said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: India's consumer price inflation continued to climb for the ninth month in a row to 4.45% in July, up from 4.38% in June, firming up prospects of the country's central bank raising interest rates later this year.
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[2026-08-12 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky halted Ukraine’s drone campaign against oil tankers in the Black Sea after a request from US Vice President JD Vance, The Financial Times reported, citing Ukrainian officials.
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[2026-08-12 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Energy Agency has slashed its 2026 global oil supply forecast to the lowest level of the year, following the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks in the Bab Al Mandeb strait.
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[2026-08-12 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Documentary films] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This comprehensive documentary about the Democracy Now! radio show host and seasoned investigative reporter takes in a massacre in East Timor, the actions of oil giants and a flustered Bill Clinton as it reflects her vital work
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[2026-08-12 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia last week received its first shipment of gasoline from India to offset domestic fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on its oil refineries, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing ship tracking data.
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[2026-08-12 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro's Alunorte plant in Brazil, one of the world's largest alumina refineries, reduced output by 50% following disruptions to natural gas availability.
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[2026-08-12 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MADRID (AP) — Los españoles se apresuraban a comprar gafas especiales para observar un raro eclipse total de sol el miércoles, mientras las autoridades advertían a quienes acudirán en masa a zonas rurales para presenciarlo que eviten cualquier cosa que pueda provocar nuevos incendios forestales.
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[2026-08-12 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike ignited a fire at a electrical facility in a western Libyan city on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil facilities that threaten to plunge the country into further chaos.
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[2026-08-12 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Here is what you need to know about the total eclipse, which is the first visible in mainland Europe since 2006.
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[2026-08-12 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain. Daytime darkness will descend Aug. 12 across the Iberian Peninsula close to sunset — plus slivers of Greenland and Iceland — as the sun, moon and Earth align perfectly in the sky.
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[2026-08-12 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: World oil demand is set to fall further than previously expected this year, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, as the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz deepens.
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[2026-08-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand.A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
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[2026-08-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand.A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
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[2026-08-12 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Millions of protective glasses have been sold in Spain ahead of today's (Wednesday August 12th) total solar eclipse. Authorities have recalled six models, but this is what you have to check to guarantee the ones you've bought are safe and legit.
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[2026-08-12 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible from Europe since 2006. The path of totality will cross northern Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Greenland and northern Russia. London is expected to see around 90 per cent of the Sun obscured, while shoppers in Paris queued for more than two hours outside a specialist store on Rue de Rivoli.
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[2026-08-12 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday announced key projects to nurture advanced technologies in seven sectors, including renewable energy and space science, as part of broader efforts to seek new growth engines.
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[2026-08-12 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi, India, in eastern state of Jharkhand, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
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[2026-08-12 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) operation to remove nuclear material from a site in Syria may be used as a model for a similar operation to extract Iran's highly enriched uranium, Israeli security officials assessed this week.
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[2026-08-12 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-08-12 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP,File)
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[2026-08-12 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s largest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, reported a 34 per cent annual increase in its first-half adjusted net profit despite regional fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-08-12 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Libya's General Electricity Company said that an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete wide-scale outage and loss of power supply to a number of areas in the south of Zawiya.
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[2026-08-12 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose on Wednesday after deadly attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman heightened concerns over risks to global shipping routes, even as diplomats signaled progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rio Tinto said in December it may cease operations at the Tomago aluminium smelter at the end of its current electricity supply contract
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[2026-08-12 12:53 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 12, 2026 12:53 | News
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[2026-08-12 11:11 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 12, 2026 11:11 | News
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[2026-08-12 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A partial solar eclipse pictured in Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2025
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[2026-08-12 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Households living within 1600ft of upgraded pylons will be eligible for the discount
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[2026-08-12 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-08-12 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A portion of the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, is seen Aug. 11, 2025 in Clairton, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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[2026-08-12 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US anticipates oil disruptions from the Iran war to reach 600,000 barrels per day until the end of next year as conflict in the Strait of Hormuz constrains supplies.
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[2026-08-12 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En dirección contrarreloj desde la parte superior izquierda, tripulantes del Artemis II Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman y Victor Glover durante un paso cerca de la Luna el 6 de abril del 2026. Foto suministrada por la NADA (NASA via AP)
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[2026-08-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A total solar eclipse crosses over parts of Spain, Iceland and Greenland on Aug. 12. This animated map shows the path of totality. (AP animation: Panagiotis Mouzakis)
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[2026-08-12 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are slipping below their records, while oil prices keep swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a drone attacked the Zawiya oil refinery complex, the country’s largest operating refinery, on Tuesday, the fifth attack since Saturday.
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[2026-08-12 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Lance Christensen via The Epoch Times,
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